The Songs of Richard Rodgers


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(Vocal Collection). The most accomplished composer in the history of the American musical theatre was Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), with a professional career on Broadway that spanned more than 50 years. In an edition designed especially for singers, 45 songs have been carefully chosen from both the Rodgers & Hart and Rodgers & Hammerstein output. Contents: Bewitched (PAL JOEY) * Climb Ev'ry Mountain (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) * Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (CINDERELLA) * Edelweiss (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) * Falling in Love with Love (THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE) * Hello, Young Lovers (THE KING AND I) * I Could Write a Book (PAL JOEY) * I Didn't Know What Time It Was (TOO MANY GIRLS) * I Have Dreamed (THE KING AND I) * I Wish I Were in Love Again (BABES IN ARMS) * If I Loved You (CAROUSEL) * Isn't It Romantic? (LOVE ME TONIGHT) * It Might as Well Be Spring (STATE FAIR) * It Never Entered My Mind (HIGHER AND HIGHER) * The Lady Is a Tramp (BABES IN ARMS) * Love, Look Away (FLOWER DRUM SONG) * Manhattan (THE GARRICK GAIETIES) * My Favorite Things (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) * My Funny Valentine (BABES IN ARMS) * My Heart Stood Still (ONE DAM THING AFTER ANOTHER) * My Lord and Master (THE KING AND I) * My Romance (JUMBO) * No Other Love (ME AND JULET) * Nobody's Heart (BY JUPITER) * Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (OKLAHOMA!) * People Will Say We're in Love (OKLAHOMA!) * Some Enchanted Evening (SOUTH PACIFIC) * Something Wonderful (THE KING AND I) * The Sound of Music (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) * The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (OKLAHOMA!) * The Sweetest Sounds (NO STRINGS) * Ten Cents a Dance (SIMPLE SIMON) * There's a Small Hotel (ON YOUR TOES) * This Can't Be Love (THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE) * This Nearly Was Mine (SOUTH PACIFIC)* Thou Swell (A CONNECTICUT YANKEE) * To Keep My Love Alive (A CONNECTICUT YANKEE) * Where or When (BABES IN ARMS) * With a Song in My Heart (SPRING IS HERE) * A Wonderful Guy (SOUTH PACIFIC) * You Are Never Away (ALLEGRO) * You Took Advantage of Me (PRESENT ARMS) * You'll Never Walk Alone (CAROUSEL) * You're Nearer (TOO MANY GIRLS) * Younger Than Springtime (SOUTH PACIFIC)




Musical Stages


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Richard Rodgers


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Follows the career of Broadway composer Richard Rodgers through six decades that included collaborations with Loranz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II




Something Wonderful


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"Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play. Their songs and dance numbers served to advance the drama and reveal character, a sharp break from the past and the template on which all future musicals would be built. [This is a portrait of that creative partnership]"--Amazon.com




Somewhere for Me


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Secrest, biographer of Frank Lloyd Wright, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein, brings her extraordinary skills to this full-scale life of composer Rodgers. She shows for the first time the complexities of his nature, his emotional fault lines, and, most important, the wellsprings of his art.




Babes in Arms


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Musical Theatre Vocal Solo







Up in the Cheap Seats


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Actor and theatre aficionado Ron Fassler recalls his upbringing on Broadway, in conversation with Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim, Bette Midler, Sheldon Harnick, James Earl Jones, Austin Pendleton, Ken Howard, Hal Linden, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander and Mike Nichols among many others.




Pipe Dream


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(Vocal Score). Complete vocal score to the 1955 musical with 22 pieces in all: All at Once You Love Her * All Kinds of People * Everybody's Got a Home but Me * How Long * The Man I Used to Be * Suzy Is a Good Thing * Sweet Thursday * Will You Marry Me * and more.




The Music of Richard Rodgers


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20 melodies, including: Bali Ha'i * Climb Ev'ry Mountain * Edelweiss * It's a Grand Night for Singing * Some Enchanted Evening * You'll Never Walk Alone * more.